removed urlHistory references to (and use of) each entry's "page" property, which kept a reference to the DOM elements of each page that had been loaded. This fixes leaking memory on removed pages, and outsources page requests to the browser cache (for real this time :) ).

Author: scottjehl

js/jquery.mobile.navigation.js

@@ -257,13 +257,13 @@
 			},
 
 			// addNew is used whenever a new page is added
-			addNew: function( url, transition, title, storedTo ) {
+			addNew: function( url, transition, title ) {
 				//if there's forward history, wipe it
 				if( urlHistory.getNext() ) {
 					urlHistory.clearForward();
 				}
 
-				urlHistory.stack.push( {url : url, transition: transition, title: title, page: storedTo } );
+				urlHistory.stack.push( {url : url, transition: transition, title: title } );
 
 				urlHistory.activeIndex = urlHistory.stack.length - 1;
 			},
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@
 
 		//add page to history stack if it's not back or forward
 		if( !historyDir ) {
-			urlHistory.addNew( url, settings.transition, pageTitle, toPage );
+			urlHistory.addNew( url, settings.transition, pageTitle );
 		}
 
 		//set page title
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@
 					// prevent changepage
 					return;
 				} else {
-					var setTo = function() { to = $.mobile.urlHistory.getActive().page; };
+					var setTo = function() { to = $( ":jqmData(url='" + $.mobile.urlHistory.getActive().url + "')" ); };
 					// if the current active page is a dialog and we're navigating
 					// to a dialog use the dialog objected saved in the stack
 					urlHistory.directHashChange({	currentUrl: to, isBack: setTo, isForward: setTo	});